Back Mechanic – Working with the Back Pained Client

OBJECTIVES

To create a client who is failing to make usual progress, who is then maintained by the trainer.

To assist the client to recover from pain.

COURSE OUTLINE

This one day course is for trainers and performance specialists who deal with clients with back pain. Both lectures and workshops provide delegates with background information on the mechanisms that cause back pain and how these can be assessed and addressed with movement and exercise programming that adhere to the principles of Professor McGill. This process creates clients who are then liberated to begin training. Then specific principles are workshopped to create pain-free and injury resilient movement/motor patterns, that enables the trainer to move on to more typical programming.

SUGGESTED READINGS

However, the information has been synthesized into the book Back Mechanic: The step by step McGill Method to fix back pain. This book guides the reader through a step by step method to assess specific pain triggers then remove them from their movement patterns. This is the essential first step to wind down pain sensitivity. Then the foundation for painfree movement is created.

INSTRUCTORS

Joel Proskewitz

Mr. Proskewitz has worked with Professor McGill for the past 12 years learning his approaches for assessment and performance training. He is a master trainer based in London UK. Professor McGill regularly refers difficult patients to Joel who assesses the individual to reach a precise diagnosis. Then an appropriate strategy to eliminate the pain triggers to wind down sensitivity is coached. This is followed with an exercise progression to create a foundation for pain-free movement. He has taught internationally with Professor McGill for the past three years. He teaches McGill 2, McGill 3 and the Back Mechanic course.

Back Mechanic Course Dates

There are no upcoming events.

Dr. Stuart McGill

Dr. McGill is a professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, where he was a professor for 32 years. His laboratory and experimental research clinic investigated issues related to the causal mechanisms of back pain, how to rehabilitate back-pained people and enhance injury resilience and performance. This produced over 240 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers, many international awards, and has mentored over 40 graduate students during this scientific journey.Visit University Profile